Birth Index of England – Elizabeth Mary Stoneman, 1879, 2nd quarter, Redruth district
1881 Census of Illogan, England – Elizabeth M. age 2 b. in Illogan
1891 Census of Illogan, England – Bessie, age 12, b. in Illogan
Marriage Index of England – 1895, 1st quarter, Redruth
There are 2 brides and 2 grooms listed on the same page and it doesn’t give an indication which bride goes to which groom. I looked in the 1901 Census for Elizabeth May and Elizabeth Bolitho and couldn’t find either one.
Birth Index of England – John Stoneman,
1877, 2nd quarter, Redruth district
1881 Census of Illogan, England – age 3 b. in Illogan
1891 Census of Illogan, England – age 14 b. in Illogan
I found a John Stoneman in the 1901 Census of Cumberland that was born in Redruth, but other than that, I didn’t find any possible matches. I don’t know anything more about him.
Birth Index of England – Thomas Nicholas Stoneman
1874, 2nd quarter, Redruth district
1881 Census of Illogan, England – age 7 b. in Illogan
1891 Census of Illogan, England – age 17 b. in Illogan
Marriage Index of England – to Laura Jane Moyle
1897, 3rd quarter, Bootle, Cumberland, England
1900 U.S. Census – age 27, boarder, married 3 years, miner, residence: Palmer Village, Marquette, Michigan
The 1901 Census of Illogan lists his wife,
Laura J. Stoneman, age 25, b. in Sithney, Cornwall
and his little sister,
Millicent Stoneman, age 12. b. in Illogan
I’m looking forward to the release of the 1911 Census to find out more about Eliza. For now, this is all I have on her.
Birth Index of England – Eliza Ann Stoneman, 3rd quarter, 1872
1881 Census – England – Eliza A. Stoneman, age 8, b. in Illogan, scholar
1891 Census – England – Elizabeth A. Stoneman, age 18. b. in Illogan
Marriage Index of England – Eliza Ann Stoneman and Walter Pascoe, 1st quarter, 1893
1901 Census – England – Eliza Ann Pascoe, husband – Walter, age 28, b. in Illogan, living in Falmouth
They have 3 children at this time:
John R. age 6, b. in Falmouth
Grace J., age 4, b. in Falmouth
Millicent, age 9 months, b. in Falmouth
Her sister, Louisa Stoneman, age 19, is also living with them.
The first time I started researching Anna, or Annie as I’ve come to know her, was when I found her listed as a surviving sister in the obituary of Mary Ann. I was a bit confused because it says her name is Mrs. Annie Stoneman. But I thought if she’s a sister and she is a Mrs., she would have a different last name. So my first thought was that she is a sister-in-law. So I looked in the 1930 Census in Negaunee and sure enough, she is there as Annie Stoneman. But she has a son living with her with the last name of Kent. Then I found her in the 1920 Census as Anna Kent and she is divorced. I think it is interesting that she lived in the next town to where I grew up and I never heard my mom even mention her or her family. Here is all I’ve found on her and her family:
Birth Index of England – 1st quarter, 1871, Anna Matilda Stoneman
1871 Census of England – Anna M. 3 mo. old
Marriage Index of England – 4th quarter, 1890 Anna Matilda Stoneman and William Henry Kent
1891 Census of England – Annie Matilda Kent, age 20 , wife of William H. Kent
1901 Census of England – Annie M. Kent, age 30, married and head of household, one child Cecil A. Kent, age 9
1910 U.S. Census – Negaunee, Michigan – Annie Kent, age 39, head of household, married, four children living with her: Cecil Kent, age 18; Albert Kent, age 15; Arthur Kent, age 2 1/2; Fernley Kent, age 2 months.
1920 U.S. Census – Negaunee, Michigan – Anno M. Kent, age 48, head of household, divorced, immigrated in 1907, two children living with her: Edvin A. Kent, age 12 and Fernley Kent, age 9
1930 U.S. Census – Negaunee, Michigan – Annie Stoneman, age 58, head of household, one child living with her: Fernly Kent, age 20.
This is my Great-grandma Mary Ann that my mother spoke of often. I have already included several pictures and info about her in other posts. This picture was taken by my dad, Jack Williams, as an assignment when he was in photography school.
Birth Certificate
I found her in each of the following census in Illogan, Cornwall, England:
Each of them states she was born in Illogan.
1871 – age 2
1881 – age 11
1891 – age 21
This is not an official Marriage Certificate, but the one most likely filled out by the minister who performed the marriage.
I found her in each of the following census in Michigan:
1900 – age 30, immigrated in 1893, residence – Snow Street
1910 – age 40, residence – Barn Street
1920 – age 50, residence says it is Man Street, but I think it is an error because there are listings on the same page for Barn Street.
1930 – age 60, residence is 316 Barn Street. She has her daughter Hilda, who is a widow, and her two children, Thomas and Ruth, living with them.
Obituary, dated March 17, 1947
Her Death Certificate has an error. Her mother’s maiden name is really Mary Ann Harriet Richards. Her grandmother’s maiden name is Eliza Jeffery.
Sarah was married and widowed twice. It seems that she married brothers – John and then William Carlyon. She came to the United States in 1897, first living in Arizona and then California. Her sister, Beatrice also immigrated to Arizona, but she didn’t come until 1901. I wonder if Sarah came to the United States by herself or if she and her brother-in-law William Clayton came together?
My mother never talked of these great-aunts. Too bad that we didn’t know more about them. I wonder if we saw a picture of them that they would look like my great-grandma Mary Ann.
Birth Index of England – qtr. December 1866
1871 Census of Illogan
4 years old, occupation: scholar, b. in Illogan
1881 Census of Illogan
14 years old, occupation: tin mine laborer, b. in Illogan
Marriage Index of England – qtr. March 1885
Groom: John Carlyon
1891 Census of Illogan – she is with her father’s family, listed as Sarah J. Carlyon, married
24 years old, b. in Illogan
The obituary for my great- grandmother in March of 1947 lists Mrs. Sara Carlyon of Long Beach, California as a surviving sister.
1930 Census of Long Beach, California
age 63
head of household
Her son William is living with her.
California Death Index:
I was able to find Sarah in the California Death index which gave her birth date, 6 Oct 1866 and her death date, 15 Jan 1948.
Then I found her obituary online:
Sarah Jane Carlyon, 81, or 1525 East 56th Street, died yesterday in a local hospital. She was a native of England and came to the United States 50 years ago. She moved to Long Beach 26 years ago from Globe, Arizona and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are two sons, William and Thomas of Long Beach; six sister, including Mrs. Beatrice Richards of Bellflower and a brother.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Mottrell's Chapel with Rev. E. Clayton Burgess officiating. Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Park.
Then I started looking for her in Arizona.
1900 Census of Globe, Arizona:
Sarah Carlyon
age 33
head of household
widowed
immigrated to U.S. in 1897
# of children – 0
2 boarders: W N. Carlyon and James Higgins
1910 Census of Globe, Arizona
Sarah Carlyon
age 40
head of household
widowed
2 children: Wm Carlyon, age 9 and Tom Carlyon, age 6
plus 2 boarders
Western States Marriage Index:
Groom: William Carlyon
Bride: Sarah Carlyon
Marriage date: 22 January 1901
Marriage place: Globe, Gila, Arizona
I couldn’t find any info on her husband’s death.
Sarah’s two sons:
William N. Carlyon
b. 15 May 1901 in Globe, Arizona (I got this date from the Social Security Death Index)
d. 8 August 1961 in Los Angeles, California (source: SS Death Index)
1910 Census of Long Beach, California
age 28, living with his mother
Thomas John Carlyon
b. 22 November 1903 in Globe, Arizona
parents’ names: William Carlyon and Sarah Jane Stoneman
(source: Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates online)
d. 30 Oct 1979 in Los Angeles, California
Birth Index of England – qtr. March 1864 in the district of Redruth
1871 Census of Illogan, Cornwall, England
7 years old, occupation: scholar, born in Illogan
1881 Census of Illogan:
17 years old, occupation: tin mine laborer, b. in Illogan
Marriage Index of England – qtr. September 1885
Thomas Pearce Cock
1891 Census of Illogan: Catherine Cock
26 years old, widow, occupation: servant,
b. in Carnbrea, Illogan
Head of household is John Burgess
Note: She has a son, William Cock, age 5, in the 1891 Census living with her father, Nicholas Stoneman
Marriage Index of England – qtr. March 1893
The index lists 2 brides and 2 grooms on each page and I don’t know if this is our Catherine or which one of the grooms she married. The 2 grooms on the page with Catherine Cock are:
Charles Hampton and Richard Ripper
1901 Census – could not find a Catherine Hampton, Catherine Ripper or a Catherine Cock
This is all I’ve been able to find on Catherine Stoneman.
My great-grandmother, Mary Ann Harriet Stoneman was born and raised in the Redruth area of Cornwall, England. She was the 3rd child in the family of 12 children. As you can see, her mother died when the youngest child was born. Then her father died just 5 years later. I started wondering what happened to the little girl, Millicent. I began looking for information about little Millicent and all of the other siblings. Hopefully, seeing the family all together on this group record will help you to keep straight who everyone is and how they fit into the family. I will do one post for each child.
My mother named me after her grandmother. All the while I was growing up, she made comments about Grandma Mary Ann – that I had long fingers like she did and this certain piece of furniture belonged to her. She said that her mother, Laura, was sick when her children were small and that Grandma Mary Ann took care of them a lot. So my mom knew her Grandma Mary Ann very well and spoke highly of her. I knew while growing up that my great-grandma Mary Ann was a good person.
George and Mary Ann Williams
Grandma Mary Ann
I remember visiting Grandma when she was in bed before she died. I climbed up the steep skinny stairs to her bedroom. I don’t think I stayed long, but I remember her smiling at me and the twinkle in her eye.
This is obviously not an original, but it is the one that my mom most likely got at the Marquette County Courthouse in 1979.
Laura Louisa Winifred Williams was born September 16, 1896 in Negaunee, Michigan to George Henry Williams and Mary Ann Harriet Stoneman. Both of her parents immigrated to Negaunee from Cornwall, England. George came first to establish a job and a home and Mary Ann followed and they married as soon as she arrived on the 6th of June 1893. They had six children, four of whom grew to adulthood. I don’t know the reason for the deaths of the two youngest daughters.
George Henry – b. 23 June 1894
Laura Louisa Winifred – b. 16 September 1896
Millicent Alberta – b. 1 June 1899
Hilda Mae – b. 24 June 1901
Elizabeth Sarah – b. 26 May 1904
Mable Rosaline – b. 9 June 1907
Laura, George, Hilda and Millicent Williams – circa 1903
40th Wedding Anniversary of Gordon and Laura Waters
September 14, 1961
I have such fond memories of my Grandma Waters. She passed away when I was 11 years old, but the twinkle in her eye when she looked at me remains with me today. I knew that she loved me. She was kind and gentle and I remember that she fed us well. Her house had an old pot belly stove in the kitchen. And I remember asking my mom why Grandma’s big spoons had a side worn away on them. She told me it was because Grandma stirred the batter so hard. I remember some blue flannel pajamas that she made for me one Christmas. Maybe she made pajamas every Christmas, but I specifically remember this one that had a big ruffle around the bottom of the pant legs. She was an excellent seamstress and made many many clothes for my Barbie doll, which I still have today. The sweetest thing she sewed for me, though, was one Christmas when I was a little girl, all I asked for and wanted was a wedding dress. I remember being with all my cousins on Christmas Eve and all the presents were opened and then Grandpa reached up on top of the piano and said there was one more present. It was in a big box and it was for me! It was my very own wedding dress – just my size with a veil, too. I was so excited! I don’t know why at such a young age that I was already dreaming about being a bride and having a beautiful wedding dress. I don’t have any recollections of wearing the dress or playing with it. But I can picture so clearly getting that present on Christmas Eve.
%5B9%5D.jpg "WilliamsGeorgeandMaryAnnFamilyGroup0001 (2)")
